# An Instant AI World Takeover Is Preposterous by Yann LeCun > "That's the preposterous scenario." > **— Yann LeCun**, *2024, TIME interview on AI takeover scenarios* ## Sources and Context - **Full interview and context:** [Meta's AI Chief Yann LeCun on AGI, Open-Source, and AI Risk](https://time.com/6694432/yann-lecun-meta-ai-interview/) — LeCun calls the scenario in which one giant computer is switched on and takes over the world the next minute “preposterous,” while separately acknowledging many ways to build dangerous or useless AI. ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Yann LeCun|Yann LeCun]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "That's the preposterous scenario." — Yann LeCun, 2024, TIME interview on AI takeover scenarios https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-yann-lecun-preposterous-scenario ```